Mom-of-three Jennifer Garner was all too happy for an excuse to get dressed up and leave the kids at home last night – the fact that the event was in her honor was just icing on the cake.

Work has taken a backseat to motherhood lately for the Juno actress, who welcomed her son Samuel just 2 months ago, and she acknowledged that fact as she picked up the Female Star of the Year award at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.

“I told my mom the other day I was getting this award… and I was excited and feeling proud and thought she was going to be proud, and then there was this pause on the other end of the line,” recalled the lovely star, showing off her post-baby figure in a chic black Michael Kors dress. “She said, ‘Jennifer, do these people know you haven’t worked in the last year?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I feel they probably know what I’ve been up to. I haven’t stepped foot on a set. You are correct, mom.'”

Despite her celebrity status, it sounds like Jen has been spending her days the same way many moms do: Breastfeeding and chauffering.

“She said, ‘Can they take this back? Because every time I talk to you, you are breastfeeding, you are running car pool, you are on the library committee — you are not acting!’ I said it’s not all about the now, it’s things you’ve done in the past or in the future, and she was like, ‘Honey, you have a weird job.'”

Jennifer, who also has daughters Violet and Seraphina, was sure to thank her handsome husband Ben Affleck “for taking over drop-offs and pick-ups and bedtime so I could make it…. And thanks for making me feel like maybe someday I will get to relax in a hair and makeup chair again and leave the maniacs at home with you!”

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4 Responses to Jennifer Garner takes a night off from breastfeeding

Denisesays:

April 28, 2012 at 8:31 am

Her mom has a valid point. If she hasn’t worked in a year then why is she getting the Female Star of the year award?? It shouldn’t be a popularity contest it should be for people who have actually produced WORK in the past year. Tsk..tsk…favortism.

teesays:

April 28, 2012 at 12:16 pm

She is a movie star. She IS working The Toughest Job out there. She absolutely deserves the award. Good for her! And Bravo to the people who recognized her!

Kristysays:

April 29, 2012 at 7:06 am

She is talented, beautiful and everybody loves her, of course she deserves this award. On a side note it is reassuring that even if I was famous,rich and beautiful that my mother would still find something to pick on me about:)

Sarahsays:

April 29, 2012 at 11:48 am

As it goes in the movie industry, she had two films come out last year though the filming had been completed earlier, thus the not working in the last year. I love Jennifer and I appreciate the way she balances family, work and keeping her private life private.

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